- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 smoking guns! Kallis hits back in style! Inch-perfect yorker at 138 kph, homing in on the spot between the back foot and leg stump. Gayle's huge backlift gives it the opening, and by the time the bat came down for the drive, leg stump was juddered out of its groove. 28/110.3 appeal for the stumping, and the third umpire is pressed into service. Interesting piece of action there. Short of a length, just outside off stump. Dilhan was looking to force the cut away, but couldn't get anything on it. The ball whizzed into Haddin's gloves, he was standing up to the stumps. He collected and began to appeal for a catch, and at that very moment, Dilshan lifted the back foot just for a moment as he completed his bat swing. Haddin noticed it and removed the bails in a trice. Dilshan's on his way, and that's really nifty work from Haddin. 71/44.2 RCB in trouble, Kohli is gone for a blob. Short from Lee, impressive bounce from back of a length and angling in to Kohli - he didn't really enjoy this line of attack in West Indies. Again, he is stuck on the crease, not entirely back as he looks to work it to the leg side, and closes the bat pace early. Leading edge pops up into the covers. 29/29.2 Saurabh holes out. Once again, Yusuf gets among the wickets. That was marginally short, but Yusuf has this habit of coming on faster than the batsmen would anticipate. Saurabh sees the short ball and goes for the pull, but ends up hauling it in the air to deep midwicket. 62/311.5 this Mayank can't handle more than two dot balls in a row by the looks of it. His team is in trouble, but he's hit every other ball for six, and now perished while looking for a needless stroke. Flatter from Abdulla, that hurried in even as Mayank looked to pull and he found Yusuf at midwicket in the circle. He takes a blinder. 81/513.1 harsh call? Abdulla has two wickets in two overs, and Kaif's gone now. Full ball angling in again from wide of the crease, round the stumps. Kaif got forward and across, in an attempt to sweep with the angle, and missed. Was he hit outside the line? The umpire didn't think so. And he was right. Hit in front of off. 91/619.6 If Vettori had hit this for 6, he'd have reached 50 and this would have been THE perfect innings. He falls just short though. Another short ball, he pulls high but doesn't manage to get enough muscle into it, and it is taken at deep midwicket. 169/918.3 Bhatkal is gone after playing a little gem here. Short ball from Lee, much faster than anything Bhatkal has faced, and he is hopelessly out of position to pull. It pops up to midwicket, and Yusuf manages to hang on to the sitter. 152/719.3 Syed whips uppishly without timing, and Yusuf takes a tumbling, low catch square on the leg side. He calls it out, Syed takes his word and walks. Spirit of Cricket award, anyone? 163/8Extras12 (lb 7, w 5)TOTAL169/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.45)Did not bat: DP NannesFall of wickets: 1-28 (Chris Gayle, 3.3 ov), 2-29 (Virat Kohli, 4.2 ov), 3-62 (Saurabh Tiwary, 9.2 ov), 4-71 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 10.3 ov), 5-81 (Mayank Agarwal, 11.5 ov), 6-91 (Mohammad Kaif, 13.1 ov), 7-152 (Raju Bhatkal, 18.3 ov), 8-163 (Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, 19.3 ov), 9-169 (Daniel Vettori, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Lee 4 1 34 2 8.50 12 3 2 2 0 JH Kallis 4 0 28 1 7.00 13 1 2 2 0 Mohammed Shami 1 0 10 0 10.00 1 1 0 0 0 YK Pathan 2 0 10 1 5.00 7 0 1 0 0 R Bhatia 3 0 25 1 8.33 5 2 1 0 0 Iqbal Abdulla 3 0 20 2 6.66 9 2 1 0 0 JD Unadkat 3 0 35 2 11.66 5 3 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 Haddin does a Mark Waugh. He's played some sublime strokes and plays another one straight to the fielder. Tossed up, eliciting the drive, Haddin gets to it and makes good contact, but hits it straight at Kohli at cover. He catches, waves his arms about and bad-mouths the man at point. I think he wasn't cursing at him, but just at the world in general. Not sure why. 62/1Extras10 (b 2, w 8)TOTAL171/1 (17.3 Overs, RR: 9.77)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Brad Haddin, 7.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DP Nannes 3 0 40 0 13.33 5 3 2 4 0 S Aravind 3 0 37 0 12.33 6 4 2 0 0 J Syed Mohammad 3 0 26 0 8.66 5 2 1 0 0 DL Vettori 4 0 27 1 6.75 10 1 1 0 0 RR Bhatkal 2 0 20 0 10.00 0 1 1 0 0 CH Gayle 1 0 6 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 V Kohli 1.3 0 13 0 8.66 1 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00
Match days
29 September 2011 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 2 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 1
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 6
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (DL Vettori 26, RR Bhatkal 19, Ex 5)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 169/9 in 20.0 overs (S Aravind 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (JH Kallis 16, BJ Haddin 34, Ex 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (JH Kallis 21, G Gambhir 23, Ex 6)
- JH Kallis: 50 off 43 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 9
- G Gambhir: 50 off 29 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 58 balls (JH Kallis 39, G Gambhir 54, Ex 9)
Match Coverage
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Champions League Twenty20
Group A | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
NSW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.627 |
MI | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -0.28 |
T&T | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.176 |
COBRA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.229 |
CSK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.712 |
Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SOM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -0.557 |
RCB | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.325 |
KKR | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.306 |
WAR | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.246 |
SOA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -0.533 |
Qualifying Tournament Pool A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SOM | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 |
KKR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.225 |
AUCK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.075 |
Qualifying Tournament Pool B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
T&T | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.659 |
RU | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.275 |
LEICS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.375 |